This paper contributes to providing insights into the impact of decentralisation on poverty. It starts out with an … overview of which role decentralisation plays in strategies and policies for poverty eradication and derives economic and …. It shows that decentralisation cannot only influence poverty by assigning expenditure responsibility to lower levels of …

This article addresses the question of how Brazil, Costa Rica, and Colombia came to decide on their climate change … renewable energy, and Colombia's clean development mechanism. Using the 'chicken game,' the best response is to 'disable the … criticised projects, in the Brazilian case, or slowing down their mitigating strategies, in the cases of Costa Rica and Colombia …

peace processes in Colombia - a country that has been engulfed by conflict for almost five decades. The present paper … community) will bear the brunt of Colombia's peacebuilding costs. Understanding when, how, and why crucial allies (and potential …

fronteras extractivas de Colombia desde 2004 con el fin de proteger las fuentes de agua, los territorios y los medios de vida … campesinos. Los casos demuestran que ha habido dos olas de democratización ambiental en Colombia, que existe una sinergia entre … Colombia since 2004 to protect water sources, territories, and peasant livelihoods. The cases show that there have been two …

In Colombia, the ongoing armed conflict has had severe effects on internal migration and displacement. While occasions … of mass displacement usually attract significant attention, little is known about why forced displacement in Colombia …

The politics of contestation on the part of secondary regional powers such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela …